On Sunday, Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, announced that the CM’s Relief Fund would provide an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakh to each of the relatives of those killed in the railway crash in Balasore. “The next of kin of the deceased will get the assistance of Rs 5 lakh and those who sustained serious injuries will get Rs 1 lakh as assistance,” the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO) Odisha said. The disastrous train accident has claimed 288 lives so far while over 1,000 people sustained injuries.
The Chief Minister has also conveyed his deep sympathy to the bereaved families. And wishes speedy recovery of the injured, it stated.
The victims of the train accident are undergoing treatment in various government and private hospitals between Bhubaneswar and Balasore, it further read.
On Saturday, Odisha CM reached the accident site and took stock of the situation in Odisha’s Balasore where a passenger train collided with a goods train leaving several injured.
Meanwhile, the restoration work is underway at Odisha’s Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident. The Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express, and cargo trains were all on separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district when the three-way disaster occurred, according to the preliminary investigation on the tragedy. Up to 17 coaches from these two passenger trains were seriously damaged when the accident occurred on Friday night.